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deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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Add: literal Hé hine hét sleán and deópe bedelfan, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 3. metaph. Ús is deópe beboden we are most solemnly bidden, Wlfst, 282, 22: Ll. Th. ii. 328, 27. Hit is forboden on hálgum bócum swýþe deópe, Shrn. 162, 26.

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Severely, very much, greatly, sorely Ðá cwæþ se Hǽlend ðæt him hearde þyrste then said Jesus that he was sore athirst, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 31. Hearde ofsceamode sorely ashamed, 518, 31.

fugel-cynn

a kind or species of birds

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On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite, Hml. Th. i. 320, 4. Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná, 142, 17. Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna?

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higherhighestat or i-s/>to a greater heightfarther from a coastfrom a spothigherat or to a more honourable placehigherlater

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Nabbaþ nán gód ofer ðæt tó sécanne, ne nánwuht ne magon ne ufor ne útor findan, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 16: Exon. Th. 427, 8; Rä. 41, 88. temporal, later. Similar entries v. ufera, Fíf nihtum ufor five days later, Menol.

Linked entries: yfemest uferor

GÁT

(n.)
Grammar
GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.

A she-GOATcapra

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and the goats on his left, Homl.

þeówet

(n.)
Grammar
þeówet, (-ot, -ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
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Hé wolde ðæt folc habban ongeán tó his lande tó his láðum þeówte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 26. Bige ús tó ðæs cynges þeówette eme nos in servitutem regiam, Gen. 47, 19. Tó þeówte bebycggan to sell into slavery, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 12 MS. H.

Linked entries: þeówot þeówt

byrgea

(n.)
Grammar
byrgea, byrigea, byriga, berigea, an; m. [borh, borg a pledge, security]
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Him man wilsumne berigean geselle [MS. gefelle] let a man give him a sufficient surety, 6; Th. i. 30, 5

pearroc

(n.)
Grammar
pearroc, es ; m.
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Hié ( the English) bedrifon hié (the Danes ) on ánne pearruc, and besǽton hié ðǽr útan, Chr. 918 ; Erl. 102, 35. Pearruca clatrorum, Hpt. Gl. 489, 75. Pearroca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 63. Of pearrocum de clatris, 26, 52: 18, 62. Of pearrucum, Hpt.

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.

Stiff, hardstiff, firm, strong, not bending easily, unyieldingof a thick consistencystiffhard, stern, inexorable, severe, austerehard, severe, unrelenting, stubbornstrict, rigid, severe, austere, hardhard harsh to the taste

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Hé wæs swá stíð, ðæt hé ne róhte heora eallra níð, ac móston ðes cynges wille folgian, gif woldon libban, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 31.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

un-áfylledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áfylledlíc, adj.

Insatiate

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Insatiate ( hell and avarice ) habbaþ unáfylledlíce grǽdignysse ðæt fulle ne beóð nǽfre, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 285

æt-wenian

(v.)
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Þæt heora gingran Gode gestrýnan and deófle ætwænian (-wenian, v. l. ), Wlfst. 38, 24 : 301, 16. Add

wíde-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíde-ferhþ, -ferþ, long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative, alone or with eall, with adverbial force,
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Hié ne wéndon ðæt hié wídeferhð landgeweorc beweredon, 1879 ; B. 937. Ðú scealt wídeferhð ðínum breóstum bern tredan eorðan ( super pectum tuum gradieris cunctis diebus vitae tuae, Gen. 3, 14), Cd. Th. 56, 2 ; Gen. 906.

sígan

(v.)
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Add Ꝥ him síge ꝥ blód út þurh þone múð, Verc. Först. 110, 10

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Se láreów sceal bión on his weorcum heálic (praecipuus), Past. 81, 1

wín-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wín-burh, f.

a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers,a chief towna walled vineyard

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wealdeþ his wínbyrig call, ðæt on wege færð ut quid deposuisti maceriam ejus; et vindemiant eam omnes, qui transeunt viam? Ps. Th. 79, 12

hleówþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleówþ, hleóþ, hlíwþ, hlýwþ, e; f.

Shelter, protection, warmth

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Ðonne him cælþ hé cépþ him hlýwðe when he gets cold he looks out for warmth, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 23. Tó neste bǽron heora briddum tó hleówþe bore it to their nest to shelter their young, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 23.

Linked entries: hlíwþ hlýwþ

wudu-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fugel, es; m.

A bird of the woods

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A bird of the woods Wudufuglas, ðeáh beón wel átemede, gif on ðam wuda weorþaþ, forseód heora láreówas, and wuniaþ on heora gecynde, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 15 : Met. 13. 35

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Sió his rices wæs ealles éðel-stól it was the metropolis of his whole empire. Bt. Met. Fox 9, 21; Met. 9, 11. Hie ðá ánmóde ealle cwǽdon they all said then unanimously, Andr. Kmbl. 3201; An. 1603.

Linked entries: al all eall

on-bindan

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Ðý lǽs sín tó swíðe gebundne mid ðǽm ðurhtogenum scyldum, and tó lange forelden ðæt ne anbinden mid ðǽre hreówsunge ne plus adstringantur in debito perpetrati operis, et minus solvant fletibus satisfactionis, Past. 413, 9. Add

CEORIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEORIAN, ceorigan, ciorian, cerian; ceorigende; ode; od; v. intrans.

To murmur, complainmurmurare, queri

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Híg ceorodon ongeán God and Moysen they murmured against God and Moses, Num. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 338, 11: ii. 472, 1. Ic ceorige oíðe cíde queror, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 52